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✅The more we know

"The majority of transmission is happening in indoor, poorly ventilated environments commonly used by multiple people who are coming in and out. And I think that’s where the focus of our transmission reduction should be. . . .

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"We’ve learned more about surfaces, and the fact that this can stay around on metal or plastic for three hours. And so it still probably makes sense to not climb all over the same playground structures, though that’s not where the majority of transmission has happened."

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"[T]here’s no evidence that anything less than six feet is at all safe. And there is evidence that, again, when people who are uncovered have big coughs or sneezes, they can sneeze twenty feet or more.

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"So the key, to me, since “six feet” is already in the lexicon, is not to debate six or eight or twelve, when the science isn’t really perfect about that and there’s so much individual variation. Let’s have a minimum."

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"And let’s extend our knowledge by saying it’s at least six feet. And since it may be more, be wary of that, especially in indoor environments. Understand that masks can really help . . .And understand, from some of these super-spreader events, like the choir in Washington "

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"or the religious service in California, that even people singing or talking for long periods of time in an enclosed space can be risky. And so it’s both distance and density, and then time exposure. So six feet is a good starting point, but it’s not the end of the discussion"
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"One thing about bathrooms in particular, at least—can they move back to paper towels for now? Can you put tape across every other urinal and every other sink? At least something to make this tenable. "

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"Social distancing is hard, and it just takes people out of their comfort zone. It’s annoying. Masks are annoying. Having to think about all these things is frustrating. . . In order to maintain stamina, we have to build and maintain trust."

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